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ReviewSkeletal radiology2026

Percutaneous denervation for the treatment of knee pain.

Samir Ghandour, Ronald W Mercer, Mary K Peters, John S Symanski, Zachary Elijah Stewart

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Review in Skeletal radiology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Samir GhandourDepartment of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA, 02114, USA.
Ronald W MercerDepartment of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA, 02114, USA.
Mary K PetersDepartment of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA, 02114, USA.
John S SymanskiDepartment of Radiology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health, Madison, WI, USA.
Zachary Elijah StewartDepartment of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA, 02114, USA. zstewart@mgh.harvard.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0245-1270

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Knee osteoarthritis is common and projected to increase in prevalence. When conservative treatments fail to improve pain and disability, the primary surgical option is total knee arthroplasty. Percutaneous image-guided ablation of the sensory articular nerve branches to the knee, also referred to as the genicular nerves, is a potential non-operative treatment. Here, we review the relevant anatomy, modes of denervation/neuromodulation, procedural techniques, and current controversies.

Indexed as

ArthralgiaDenervationKnee JointOsteoarthritis, KneeCatheter AblationHumansGenicular nervesKnee painOsteoarthritisRadiofrequency ablation

Identifiers

PMID41219543

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